An Indiana foreman has staged a life-sized cut-out of children’s book character “Wally” on a construction site facing a children’s hospital to help entertain its patients.

Jason Haney, who is working on an expansion at Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Bend, launched the game earlier this year, after a snowman built on the site the previous winter proved a hit with patients and staff.

“[A co-worker] was kind of joking around, and said ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if there was a Waldo up here?’” he told the Huffington Post.

“And I thought, ‘Yeah, that’s kind of cool’. Then the idea sat in my head for a little while and I was like, ‘I’m going to make him, I’m going to do it!’”

Mr Haney went on to create an eight-foot tall plywood rendition of the character, complete with icon cane, red-and-white striped shirt and bobble hat.

He then began hiding the cut-out at various locations spots around the construction site, launching a Facebook group for people to post pictures of the hard-to-find character.

The game has since proven a hit with children and hospital employees alike.